Friday, March 23, 2012

The second Butterfly shawl is knitted from a thin mohair-silk yarn. It is larger than its merino brother even though their patterns are identical. I prefer the thicker yarn - it is so much more textured.

The second border has one more stockinette stitch row after you finish the starting corner - so the carriage is on the left (COL), this will be row number 0. You can download the chart from here with legend for machine knitting and hand knitting as well.

Every second row starts with a yarn over (altogether 178 yo). These yo-s will be rehung on the machine (or picked up for hand knitting). It is easier to pick up the stitches with blunt needle and rehang from the waste yarn.

And finally: I know that this "pattern" is not perfect. I would be very happy if I would be inform any mistake that you find in it.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Test knitters wanted! I'm looking for three or four test knitters for the Butterfly patten. Do not afraid the call is for hand knitters. There is one size, four yarn weights. The pattern is in charted form only. The deadline is the end of March.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I have planned to knit a big triangle scarf for a long while. The inspirations were Jared Flood Rock Island scarf and orlane Textured shawl. I fell in love with not just the patterns but the set-up of these scarves: I love their structure - the stripy alternation of the different textures.

So these scarves led me to my variant optimized for knitting machine. Because of the beds limited width it must be made of two parts and I planned to knit the border sideways. Since the spring - and the summer - is coming I decided for the lace pattern: I wanted to try this stitch pattern by all means.
To be continued...